Godplayer (1983)

When Cassandra Cassidy meets Thomas Kingsley, it's love at first sight for both of them. Deeply in love, the two gifted doctors are soon married. As Cassandra's degenerative eye disease forces her to switch from her chosen field to psychiatry she tries to make the best of her situation.

Around other people he is wonderful, but as he begins a meteoric rise in the hospital, alone with her, Thomas is hostile and full of rage. Soon, the fairytale begins to crumble. Desperate to save her marriage, Cassandra spends more time around the hospital, which is being menaced itself. There is an 'Angel of Death' stalking and killing the terminal patients. Against her husband's furious objections, Cassandra takes it upon herself to catch a killer; the discovery of whom opens the floodgates of unimaginable horror.

I enjoyed this story more than I thought I would. I give it an A! ( )

Kind of light weight, but a good, fast read.

I generally enjoy Robin Cook's books, because it fits in with my obsession with medical-themed entertainment. But I was a little bit annoyed by this one. The main character was so willing to let everyone in her life treat her like crap. It just made me want to yell at her. But at least the book did keep you guessing, as far as the actual plot was concerned. ( )

I'm generally lenient with Robin Cook, because although he is a pop writer with a simplistic style of writing, for some reason I tend to like his books anyway. But this one is below average. A tedious story of a mean spirited doctor who is murdering patients he doesn't approve of. ( )

One of Robin Cook's first and another great one. It was so scary as a nurse to read about doctors like this. ( )